Look at
this!
Please go get your
interactive notebook.
 Laptops NOT
needed today.
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Lap top expectations
In class every day
 On desk when I ask you to be on it.
Otherwise, safely in bag on the floor.
 Cannot be on your desk unless we are
using it as a class.
 Use it at your desk and stay with the class
– no surfing
 Charging – before class starts, lap tables
 Don’t have it? Bookwork.
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Purpose: to separate
crude oil into different
products based on length of
hydrocarbon chains!
Distillation column at refinery
Valero refinery on the ship
channel – what’s the tradeoff?
Why fossil fuels?
Because fossil fuels contain hydrocarbons
with lots of bonds
What fuels are we using the most?
Which are sustainable?
Houston is an energy city!
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Energy Corridor – international hub for
companies
1/3 of all US oil and gas come through the
Houston ship channel
 45% of US oil is refined in Houston
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OK, so how do we get it out of the
ground?
Interactive Notebook:
Conventional Oil production
Jan 20
Finding the oil
3D seismic imaging is like an
ultrasound
Drill to the oil, pump it out
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Primary oil recovery: oil flows into well
because of gravity and pressure.
Spindletop – Beaumont 1903
Secondary recovery: hydrocarbons must be
forced out by water (or gases like CO2) to
maintain pressure in the system
Horsehead
pump
Injection
well
Production
well
Tertiary recovery – a base like soap
is added to water to move the last
hydrocarbons
Base
added
Interactive Notebook
Fracking
Jan 20
The current oil Boom!
2005 – Fracking technology makes more
reserves economically viable
 2011 – current boom explodes with fracking
 US crude output expected to crest around 9.5
million barrels per day in 2016, then begin to
decline in 2020. (7.5 million barrels/day
projected through 2040)
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Quick check – put the following
steps in order!
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A. Shale rock fractures releasing petrochemicals
B. Borehole drilled vertically past water table
C. Natural gas and petroleum rises through well
back to surface and is collected in tanks.
D. Propants keep fractures open and gas flowing
E. Fracking fluids sent down well under pressure
F. Horizontal drilling through shale layer
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Check it! B, F, E, A, D, C
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Check for understanding!
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How does the chemistry of fossil fuels make
them great sources of energy?
What technology is used to find oil
underground?
What is the difference between drilling and
pumping oil?
What is the difference between primary,
secondary and tertiary oil production?
Why does fracking use so much water?
Which is done in H-town: oil production or
refining?
Quiz next class!
Objectives #1-10
Study!